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What Relationship Exists Among Obesity,

Performance Improvement 2009. What Relationship Exists Among Obesity, Disability, and Other Health Conditions in the Elderly?

This study explored the relationship between excess weight and obesity in a series of cross sectional and longitudinal analyses in an attempt to evaluate these concerns. The authors used data from the 1998-2004 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. The recent rise in the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the U.S. population has raised m
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Why Do Individuals Purchase Private Long-Term

Performance Improvement 2009. Why Do Individuals Purchase Private Long-Term Care Insurance, Would Additional Tax Incentives Increase Such Purchases and Reduce Medicaid Expenditures?

This study examined the factors influencing the decision to purchase private long-term care insurance coverage using a major national survey--the Health and Retirement Study. Like traditional medical insurance, private long-term care insurance is a financial contract whereby the insurer agrees to provide covered benefits in exchange for regular p
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Who Had Individual Health Insurance and How Did

Performance Improvement 2008. Who Had Individual Health Insurance and How Did It Compare With Other Private Coverage Obtained Through Employers?

Consumer health surveys were analyzed to better understand who has health insurance coverage and how key elements, such as health status and how premiums are paid, vary by type of insurance. Most non-elderly persons who have health insurance obtain it through their employer or through a family member´s employer, and the poor sometimes are covered
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

Performance Improvement 2002. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Mission To provide analytical support and advice to the Secretary on policy development and assist the Secretary with the development and coordination of department wide program planning and evaluation activities. Evaluation Program
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Performance Improvement 2002

Performance Improvement 2002

Performance Improvement 2002: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the eighth annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with outcome-oriented evaluation findings for the Department's programs, policies, and strategies. It
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

Performance Improvement 1998. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION MISSION: To provide analytical support and advice to the Secretary on policy development and assist the Secretary with the development and coordination of departmentwide program planning and evaluation activities. Evaluation Program
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Performance Improvement 1998

Performance Improvement 1998

Performance Improvement 1998 is the third annual report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its evaluation activities. As a report to Congress, it summarizes the findings of HHS evaluations completed in fiscal year (FY) 1997. In that year, HHS agencies produced 155 evaluation reports and supported more than 335 evaluation
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Health Care Financing Administration

Performance Improvement 1996. Health Care Financing Administration

Contents Comparative Study of the Use of Early and Periodic Screening, Detection, and Treatment and Other Preventive and Curative Health Care Services by Children Enrolled in Medicaid Evaluation of the Maryland Access to Care Demonstration: Managed Care for Medicaid Recipients Evaluation of the Medicaid Extension Demonstrations
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APPENDIX C – LIST OF STUDIES BY AGENCY

Performance Improvement 2006. Appendix C – List of Studies by Agency

AGENCY ID TITLE G/O OBJECTIVE PROJECT OFFICER ACF-ACYF 8221 Synthesis of Findings: Title IV-E Flexible Funding Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations 7.4 Increase the percentage of children and youth living in a permanent, safe environment Collins, Gail E. ACF-ACYF 8220
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Supportive Services Programs in Naturally

Performance Improvement 2006. Supportive Services Programs in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

Findings presented in this report are based on information derived from three sources - a review of the literature, discussions with national experts on naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs), and case studies of NORCs and their associated services programs in five Agency on Aging demonstration sites. In each of the five demonstration
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IMPACT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE ON MEDICARE

Performance Improvement 2005. Impact of Prescription Drug Coverage on Medicare Program Expenditures - a Case Study of the Evaluation of the Umwa

This report addressed how prescription coverage influenced the use of medical care when drug therapy substituted for or complemented other medical services. The research had three specific aims: (1) To examine the impact of drug coverage on drug expenditures and other expenditures covered by the Medicare program from 1995 to the latest available d
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Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care

Performance Improvement 2003. Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy

Constrained Innovation in Managing Care for High-Risk Seniors in Medicare + Choice Risk Plans
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Performance Improvement 2003

Performance Improvement 2003

Performance Improvement 2003: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the ninth annual report to Congress summarizing prior fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with outcome-oriented evaluation findings for the Department’s programs, policies, and strategies. The re
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Designing Subsidized Health Coverage Programs to

Designing Subsidized Health Coverage Programs to Attract Enrollment: A Review of the Literature and a Synthesis of Stakeholder Views

Final Report Lynn Quincy Patricia Collins Kristin Andrews Christal Stone Submitted to: ASPE/HHS 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC  20201 Project Officer: Donald Cox
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Beyond Spend-down: The prevalence and processof

Beyond Spend-down: The Prevalence and Process of Transitions to Medicaid

This is the PDF version of the meeting presentation given by Brenda Spillman and Timothy Waidman for the ASPE July 2015 Long-Term Care Financing Colloquium meeting and webinar.
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The Feasibility of Using Electronic Health Data

The Feasibility of Using Electronic Health Data for Research on Small Populations

Background. Many small populations have distinctive health and health care needs but have been difficult to study in survey research. Objective. This report is part of a project funded by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation to explore the feasibility of using electronic health record (EHR) and other electronic health data for resea
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence. Annual Report

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2004

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Contributors to this report include Gil Crouse, Sarah Douglas, Susan Hauan, Julia Isaacs, and Kendall Swenson of the Office of Human Services Policy under the direction of Don Winstead, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluat
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Financial Condition and Health Care Burdens of

Financial Condition and Health Care Burdens of People in Deep Poverty

Americans living at the bottom of the income distribution often struggle to meet their basic needs on very limited incomes, even with the added assistance of government programs. The following analyses describe the characteristics of the poor population; available income for those at the deepest levels of poverty; and average medical care needs am
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An Overview of Recent Work on Standard Budgets in

An Overview of Recent Work on Standard Budgets in the United States and Other Anglophone Countries

An Overview of Recent Work on Standard Budgets in the United States and Other Anglophone Countries by: Gordon M. Fisher  
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Preferences for LTC Financing. Own private long-

Preferences for LTC Financing. Own private long-term care insurance policy

NOTES: *IRA = Individual Retirement Account All results are presented weighted. SOURCE: RTI analysis of the 2014 ASPE Long-Term Care Awareness and Planning Survey

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